[freeperfromnj]

OMG - any update on the local news? Wonder if this is one of the unnamed targets on the list

[OXENinFLA]

Update...............

Southbank Office Tower Being Evacuated

POSTED: 12:17 pm EDT August 4, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Riverplace Tower at 1301 Riverplace Drive on the Southbank is being evacuated after police received a telephone threat.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson said they are responding to unconfirmed information from a telephone call that that there may be "a device" on the 13th floor of the tower. He also told Channel 4 crews on scene that there was a report of a man with a gun holding a hostage.

None of this information is confirmed.

A manager with Southtrust bank told Channel 4's Bruce Hamilton that all employees were asked to leave "as quickly as possible."

The SWAT team and bomb squad are arriving at the building now.

Several hundred, including children from a day-care center, have left the building 28-story building.